JESUS' DEATH - 60 SECONDS
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60 seconds with God...
For the next 60 seconds,
set aside whatever you're doing
and take this opportunity!
Let's see if Satan can stop this...
THE (SCIENTIFIC) DEATH OF JESUS
At the age of 33,
Jesus was condemned to the death penalty.
At the time crucifixion was the "worst" death.
Only the worst criminals
were condemned to be crucified.
Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus,
for unlike other criminals
condemned to death by crucifixion,
Jesus was nailed to the cross
by His hands and feet, rather than tied...
Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long.
The nails were driven into His wrist.
Not into His palms
as is commonly portrayed.
There's a tendon in the wrist that
extends to the shoulder.
The Roman guards knew that when the nails
were being hammered into the Wrist,
that tendon would tear and break,
forcing Jesus to use His back muscles
to support himself, so that He could breathe.
Both of His feet were nailed together.
Thus He was forced to support Himself
on the single nail that impaled
His feet to the cross.
Jesus could not support himself with
His legs for long because of the pain,
so He was forced to alternate between
arching His back and using his legs
just to continue to breath.
Imagine the struggle, the pain,
the suffering, the courage.
Jesus endured this reality
for over 3 hours.
Yes, over 3 hours!
Can you imagine this kind of suffering?
A few minutes before He died,
Jesus stopped bleeding.
He was simply pouring water from his wounds.
From common images we see wounds to
His hands and feet
and even the spear wound to His side...
But do we remember the many wounds
made to his body.
A hammer driving large nails through
the wrists,
the feet overlapped and a nail hammered
through the arches,
then a Roman guard piercing His side
with a spear.
And...
before the nails and the spear,
Jesus was whipped and beaten.
The whipping was so severe
that it tore the flesh from His body.
The beating so horrific that His face was torn
and his beard ripped from His face.
The crown of thorns (two to three inch thorns)
cut deeply into His scalp.
Most men would not have survived this torture.
" He had no more blood to bleed out,
only water poured from His wounds.
The human adult body contains about 3.5 liters
(just less than a gallon) of blood.
Jesus poured all 3.5 litersof his blood;
He had three nails hammered into His limbs,
a crown of thorns on His head
and, beyond that,
a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear
into His chest..
All these without mentioning the humiliation
He passed after carrying His own cross
for almost 2 kilometers, while the crowd
spat in his face and threw stones
(the cross beam was almost 30 kg of weight,
to which His hands were nailed).
Jesus had to endure this experience,
so that you may have free access to God.
So that your sins can be "washed" away.
All of them, with no exception!
Don't ignore this.
JESUS CHRIST DIED...
`FOR YOU!`
For you, who now read this,
Do not believe that He only died for others
(those who go to church or for pastors, bishops, etc).
He died for you!
It is easy to e-mail jokes or silly photos,
but when it comes to God,
sometimes we feel ashamed to forward a message
about Him on to others.
We are worried of what they "may think."
Accept the reality, the truth,
that
JESUS CHRIST
IS THE ONLY SALVATION
FOR THE WORLD.
God has special plans for YOU!
Share this with all your friends...
about what He went through to save YOU!.
Really think about it!
May God bless you!
Take a moment to appreciate the power of God
in your life, as you do what pleases Him.
If you are not ashamed to do this,
please, follow Jesus' instructions.
He said (Matthew 10:32 & 33):
"Everyone therefore who acknowledges me
before others,
I also will acknowledge before My Father in heaven;
but whosoever denies Me before others,
I also will deny before My Father in heaven".
